Internship Program Tables

Date Program Tables are updated:

09/01/2020

Internship Program Admissions

The consortium currently offers 4 full-time internship positions. Three positions are offered at the University of Texas at El Paso - Counseling and Psychological Services, and one position at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso - Department of Psychiatry. It is our expectation that interns come prepared with the requisite counseling skills commensurate with a doctoral level candidate starting in a doctoral internship program.

Total Direct Contact Intervention Hours		Yes		Amount: 500 hours
Total Direct Contact Assessment Hours		Yes		Amount: 50 hours

Describe any other required minimum criteria used to screen applicants:

Bachelor's degree, current enrollment and be in good standing in a counseling or clinical psychology doctoral program.
Completed all coursework and passed all required comprehensive examinations or projected to have these completed before internship.
Complete at least three semesters of practicum experience at the doctoral level prior to the start of the internship program.
If a dissertation is required of the doctoral program, then successful completion of a dissertation proposal defense prior to starting internship is required.

Financial and Other Benefit Support for Upcoming Training Year

Annual Stipend/Salary for Full-time Interns:	$28,360
Annual Stipend/Salary for Half-time Interns:	N/A

Program provides access to medical insurance for intern?	Yes
If access to medical insurance is provided
Trainee contribution to cost required?	Yes
Coverage of family member(s) available?	Yes
Coverage of legally married partner available?	Yes
Coverage of domestic partner available?	*No
*domestic partner is defined as a “Common Law” partnership.
Hours of Annual Paid Personal Time off (PTO and/or Vacation):	96
Hours of Annual Paid Sick Leave:	96
In the event of medical conditions and/or family needs that require extended leave, does the program allow reasonable unpaid leave to interns/residents in excess of personal time off and sick leave?	Yes

Initial Post-Internship Positions 2016-2019(Aggregated Tally for Preceding 3 cohorts)

Total # of interns who were in the 3 cohorts:	11
Total # of interns who did not seek employment because they returned to their doctoral program/are completing doctoral degree	0
	Post-doctoral residency position	Employed position
Community mental health center	0	0
Federally qualified health center	0	0
Independent primary care facility/clinic	0	0
University counseling center	5	2
Veterans Affairs medical center	2	0
Military health center	0	0
Academic health center	0	0
Other medical center or hospital	0	0
Psychiatric hospital	0	0
Academic university/department	0	0
Community college or other teaching setting	0	0
Independent research institution	0	0
Correctional facility	0	0
School district/system	0	0
Independent practice setting	0	2
Not currently employed	0	0
Changed to another field	0	0
Other	0	0
Unknown	0	0